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[libvirt] [PATCH] Fix python error reporting for some storage operations
by Cole Robinson 07 Mar '25

07 Mar '25

In the python bindings, all vir* classes expect to be passed a virConnect object when instantiated. Before the storage stuff, these classes were only instantiated in virConnect methods, so the generator is hardcoded to pass 'self' as the connection instance to these classes. Problem is there are some methods that return pool or vol instances which aren't called from virConnect: you can lookup a storage volume's associated pool, and can lookup volumes from a pool. In these cases passing 'self' doesn't give the vir* instance a connection, so when it comes time to raise an exception crap hits the fan. Rather than rework the generator to accomodate this edge case, I just fixed the init functions for virStorage* to pull the associated connection out of the passed value if it's not a virConnect instance. Thanks, Cole diff --git a/python/generator.py b/python/generator.py index 01a17da..c706b19 100755 --- a/python/generator.py +++ b/python/generator.py @@ -962,8 +962,12 @@ def buildWrappers(): list = reference_keepers[classname] for ref in list: classes.write(" self.%s = None\n" % ref[1]) - if classname in [ "virDomain", "virNetwork", "virStoragePool", "virStorageVol" ]: + if classname in [ "virDomain", "virNetwork" ]: classes.write(" self._conn = conn\n") + elif classname in [ "virStorageVol", "virStoragePool" ]: + classes.write(" self._conn = conn\n" + \ + " if not isinstance(conn, virConnect):\n" + \ + " self._conn = conn._conn\n") classes.write(" if _obj != None:self._o = _obj;return\n") classes.write(" self._o = None\n\n"); destruct=None

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[libvirt] [PATCH] web docs -- macvtap mode explanation
by Stefan Berger 27 Oct '23

27 Oct '23

This adds more information about the different macvtap device modes. Regards, Stefan

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[libvirt] Supporting vhost-net and macvtap in libvirt for QEMU
by Anthony Liguori 27 Oct '23

27 Oct '23

Disclaimer: I am neither an SR-IOV nor a vhost-net expert, but I've CC'd people that are who can throw tomatoes at me for getting bits wrong :-) I wanted to start a discussion about supporting vhost-net in libvirt. vhost-net has not yet been merged into qemu but I expect it will be soon so it's a good time to start this discussion. There are two modes worth supporting for vhost-net in libvirt. The first mode is where vhost-net backs to a tun/tap device. This is behaves in very much the same way that -net tap behaves in qemu today. Basically, the difference is that the virtio backend is in the kernel instead of in qemu so there should be some performance improvement. Current, libvirt invokes qemu with -net tap,fd=X where X is an already open fd to a tun/tap device. I suspect that after we merge vhost-net, libvirt could support vhost-net in this mode by just doing -net vhost,fd=X. I think the only real question for libvirt is whether to provide a user visible switch to use vhost or to just always use vhost when it's available and it makes sense. Personally, I think the later makes sense. The more interesting invocation of vhost-net though is one where the vhost-net device backs directly to a physical network card. In this mode, vhost should get considerably better performance than the current implementation. I don't know the syntax yet, but I think it's reasonable to assume that it will look something like -net tap,dev=eth0. The effect will be that eth0 is dedicated to the guest. On most modern systems, there is a small number of network devices so this model is not all that useful except when dealing with SR-IOV adapters. In that case, each physical device can be exposed as many virtual devices (VFs). There are a few restrictions here though. The biggest is that currently, you can only change the number of VFs by reloading a kernel module so it's really a parameter that must be set at startup time. I think there are a few ways libvirt could support vhost-net in this second mode. The simplest would be to introduce a new tag similar to <source network='br0'>. In fact, if you probed the device type for the network parameter, you could probably do something like <source network='eth0'> and have it Just Work. Another model would be to have libvirt see an SR-IOV adapter as a network pool whereas it handled all of the VF management. Considering how inflexible SR-IOV is today, I'm not sure whether this is the best model. Has anyone put any more thought into this problem or how this should be modeled in libvirt? Michael, could you share your current thinking for -net syntax? -- Regards, Anthony Liguori

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[libvirt] [PATCH 0/4] Multiple problems with saving to block devices
by Daniel P. Berrange 24 Mar '13

24 Mar '13

This patch series makes it possible to save to a block device, instead of a plain file. There were multiple problems - WHen save failed, we might de-reference a NULL pointer - When save failed, we unlinked the device node !! - The approach of using >> to append, doesn't work with block devices - CGroups was blocking QEMU access to the block device when enabled One remaining problem is not in libvirt, but rather QEMU. The QEMU exec: based migration often fails to detect failure of the command and will thus hang forever attempting a migration that'll never succeed! Fortunately you can now work around this in libvirt using the virsh domjobabort command

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[libvirt] [PATCHv4 00/51] another round of snapshot patches
by Eric Blake 05 Nov '12

05 Nov '12

I think I've addressed most findings from round 3 - by implementing the ability to redefine a snapshot, it becomes possible to restore snapshot hierarchy when recreating a transient domain by the same name. New goodies in this round: several bug fixes, add virsh snapshot-edit, drop undefine --snapshots-full (you can only remove snapshot metadata on undefine). I tested as I went, but this went through so many rebases that there may be some nasties that snuck in; but I wanted to get this posted now. I also know that I'm missing at least one major feature requested in the v3 review: namely, transient domains _should_ auto-remove snapshot metadata files when they halt, but right now aren't doing that. v3 was at: https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2011-August/msg01132.html Also available here: git fetch git://repo.or.cz/libvirt/ericb.git snapshot or browse online at: http://repo.or.cz/w/libvirt/ericb.git/shortlog/refs/heads/snapshot I'm also trying to group things by several bugzilla related to various patches (looks like I still need to create a few): Eric Blake (51): https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=674537 snapshot: fix corner case on OOM during creation https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=733762 snapshot: better events when starting paused snapshot: fine-tune ability to start paused snapshot: expose --running and --paused in virsh snapshot: fine-tune qemu saved images starting paused snapshot: improve reverting to qemu paused snapshots snapshot: properly revert qemu to offline snapshots snapshot: fine-tune qemu snapshot revert states no bug filed yet... should be one about no stale metadata snapshot: allow deletion of just snapshot metadata snapshot: add snapshot-list --parent to virsh https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=733529 snapshot: speed up snapshot location snapshot: avoid crash when deleting qemu snapshots snapshot: track current domain across deletion of children snapshot: simplify acting on just children no bug filed yet... should be one about no stale metadata snapshot: let qemu discard only snapshot metadata snapshot: identify which snapshots have metadata snapshot: reflect new dumpxml and list options in virsh snapshot: identify qemu snapshot roots snapshot: allow recreation of metadata snapshot: refactor virsh snapshot creation snapshot: improve virsh snapshot-create, add snapshot-edit snapshot: add qemu snapshot creation without metadata no bug filed yet... should be one about snapshot migration snapshot: add qemu snapshot redefine support snapshot: prevent stranding snapshot data on domain destruction snapshot: teach virsh about new undefine flags snapshot: refactor some qemu code snapshot: cache qemu-img location snapshot: support new undefine flags in qemu snapshot: prevent migration from stranding snapshot data https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=638510 snapshot: refactor domain xml output snapshot: allow full domain xml in snapshot snapshot: correctly escape generated xml snapshot: update rng to support full domain in xml snapshot: store qemu domain details in xml snapshot: additions to domain xml for disks snapshot: reject transient disks where code is not ready snapshot: introduce new deletion flag snapshot: expose new delete flag in virsh snapshot: allow halting after snapshot snapshot: expose halt-after-creation in virsh snapshot: wire up new qemu monitor command snapshot: support extra state in snapshots snapshot: add <disks> to snapshot xml snapshot: also support disks by path snapshot: add virsh domblklist command snapshot: add flag for requesting disk snapshot snapshot: wire up disk-only flag to snapshot-create snapshot: reject unimplemented disk snapshot features snapshot: make it possible to audit external snapshot snapshot: wire up live qemu disk snapshots snapshot: use SELinux and lock manager with external snapshots docs/formatdomain.html.in | 40 +- docs/formatsnapshot.html.in | 269 ++- docs/schemas/Makefile.am | 1 + docs/schemas/domain.rng | 2555 +------------------- docs/schemas/{domain.rng => domaincommon.rng} | 32 +- docs/schemas/domainsnapshot.rng | 84 +- examples/domain-events/events-c/event-test.c | 37 +- include/libvirt/libvirt.h.in | 66 +- src/conf/domain_audit.c | 12 +- src/conf/domain_audit.h | 4 +- src/conf/domain_conf.c | 902 ++++++-- src/conf/domain_conf.h | 76 +- src/esx/esx_driver.c | 38 +- src/libvirt.c | 256 ++- src/libvirt_private.syms | 8 + src/libxl/libxl_conf.c | 5 + src/libxl/libxl_driver.c | 11 +- src/qemu/qemu_command.c | 5 + src/qemu/qemu_conf.h | 1 + src/qemu/qemu_driver.c | 1532 +++++++++--- src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c | 18 +- src/qemu/qemu_migration.c | 48 +- src/qemu/qemu_migration.h | 2 - src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c | 24 + src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h | 4 + src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c | 33 + src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.h | 4 + src/qemu/qemu_monitor_text.c | 40 + src/qemu/qemu_monitor_text.h | 4 + src/qemu/qemu_process.c | 11 +- src/uml/uml_driver.c | 56 +- src/vbox/vbox_tmpl.c | 43 +- src/xen/xend_internal.c | 12 +- src/xenxs/xen_sxpr.c | 5 + src/xenxs/xen_xm.c | 5 + tests/domainsnapshotxml2xmlin/disk_snapshot.xml | 16 + tests/domainsnapshotxml2xmlout/disk_snapshot.xml | 77 + tests/domainsnapshotxml2xmlout/full_domain.xml | 35 + .../qemuxml2argv-disk-snapshot.args | 7 + .../qemuxml2argv-disk-snapshot.xml | 39 + .../qemuxml2argv-disk-transient.xml | 27 + tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c | 2 + tests/virsh-optparse | 20 + tools/virsh.c | 772 +++++- tools/virsh.pod | 214 ++- 45 files changed, 3978 insertions(+), 3474 deletions(-) copy docs/schemas/{domain.rng => domaincommon.rng} (98%) create mode 100644 tests/domainsnapshotxml2xmlin/disk_snapshot.xml create mode 100644 tests/domainsnapshotxml2xmlout/disk_snapshot.xml create mode 100644 tests/domainsnapshotxml2xmlout/full_domain.xml create mode 100644 tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-snapshot.args create mode 100644 tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-snapshot.xml create mode 100644 tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-disk-transient.xml -- 1.7.4.4

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[libvirt] [PATCH] Wire up <loader> to set the QEMU BIOS path
by Daniel P. Berrange 05 Jul '12

05 Jul '12

From: "Daniel P. Berrange" <berrange(a)redhat.com> * src/qemu/qemu_command.c: Wire up -bios with <loader> * tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-bios.args, tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-bios.xml: Expand existing BIOS test case to cover <loader> --- src/qemu/qemu_command.c | 9 +++++++++ tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-bios.args | 3 ++- tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-bios.xml | 1 + 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c index ea9431f..c82f5bc 100644 --- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c +++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c @@ -4052,6 +4052,11 @@ qemuBuildCommandLine(virConnectPtr conn, if (enableKVM) virCommandAddArg(cmd, "-enable-kvm"); + if (def->os.loader) { + virCommandAddArg(cmd, "-bios"); + virCommandAddArg(cmd, def->os.loader); + } + /* Set '-m MB' based on maxmem, because the lower 'memory' limit * is set post-startup using the balloon driver. If balloon driver * is not supported, then they're out of luck anyway. Update the @@ -7581,6 +7586,10 @@ virDomainDefPtr qemuParseCommandLine(virCapsPtr caps, WANT_VALUE(); if (!(def->os.kernel = strdup(val))) goto no_memory; + } else if (STREQ(arg, "-bios")) { + WANT_VALUE(); + if (!(def->os.loader = strdup(val))) + goto no_memory; } else if (STREQ(arg, "-initrd")) { WANT_VALUE(); if (!(def->os.initrd = strdup(val))) diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-bios.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-bios.args index f9727c4..ac98000 100644 --- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-bios.args +++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-bios.args @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ LC_ALL=C PATH=/bin HOME=/home/test USER=test LOGNAME=test QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \ -/usr/bin/qemu -S -M pc -m 1024 -smp 1 -nodefaults -device sga \ +/usr/bin/qemu -S -M pc -bios /usr/share/seabios/bios.bin \ +-m 1024 -smp 1 -nodefaults -device sga \ -monitor unix:/tmp/test-monitor,server,nowait -no-acpi -boot c \ -hda /dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1 -serial pty \ -usb -device usb-tablet,id=input0 -vnc 127.0.0.1:0 \ diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-bios.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-bios.xml index cfc5587..ac15d45 100644 --- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-bios.xml +++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-bios.xml @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ <vcpu>1</vcpu> <os> <type arch='i686' machine='pc'>hvm</type> + <loader>/usr/share/seabios/bios.bin</loader> <boot dev='hd'/> <bootmenu enable='yes'/> <bios useserial='yes'/> -- 1.7.7.6

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[libvirt] [Patch v2] vmware: detect when a domain was shut down from the inside
by Jean-Baptiste Rouault 04 Jul '12

04 Jul '12

This patch adds an internal function vmwareUpdateVMStatus to update the real state of the domain. This function is used in various places in the driver, in particular to detect when the domain has been shut down by the user with the "halt" command. --- v2: - Replace internal function vmwareGetVMStatus by vmwareUpdateVMStatus - Improve vmrun list output parsing - variable initialization and coding-style fixes src/vmware/vmware_driver.c | 95 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 95 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/vmware/vmware_driver.c b/src/vmware/vmware_driver.c index 8f9d922..53e28e7 100644 --- a/src/vmware/vmware_driver.c +++ b/src/vmware/vmware_driver.c @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ #include "datatypes.h" #include "virfile.h" #include "memory.h" +#include "util.h" #include "uuid.h" #include "command.h" #include "vmx.h" @@ -181,6 +182,64 @@ vmwareGetVersion(virConnectPtr conn, unsigned long *version) } static int +vmwareUpdateVMStatus(struct vmware_driver *driver, virDomainObjPtr vm) +{ + virCommandPtr cmd; + char *outbuf = NULL; + char *vmxAbsolutePath = NULL; + char *parsedVmxPath = NULL; + char *str; + char *saveptr = NULL; + bool found = false; + int oldState = virDomainObjGetState(vm, NULL); + int newState; + int ret = -1; + + cmd = virCommandNewArgList(VMRUN, "-T", vmw_types[driver->type], + "list", NULL); + virCommandSetOutputBuffer(cmd, &outbuf); + if (virCommandRun(cmd, NULL) < 0) + goto cleanup; + + if (virFileResolveAllLinks(((vmwareDomainPtr) vm->privateData)->vmxPath, + &vmxAbsolutePath) < 0) + goto cleanup; + + for(str = outbuf ; (parsedVmxPath = strtok_r(str, "\n", &saveptr)) != NULL; + str = NULL) { + + if (parsedVmxPath[0] != '/') + continue; + + if (STREQ(parsedVmxPath, vmxAbsolutePath)) { + found = true; + /* If the vmx path is in the output, the domain is running or + * is paused but we have no way to detect if it is paused or not. */ + if (oldState == VIR_DOMAIN_PAUSED) + newState = oldState; + else + newState = VIR_DOMAIN_RUNNING; + break; + } + } + + if (!found) { + vm->def->id = -1; + newState = VIR_DOMAIN_SHUTOFF; + } + + virDomainObjSetState(vm, newState, 0); + + ret = 0; + +cleanup: + virCommandFree(cmd); + VIR_FREE(outbuf); + VIR_FREE(vmxAbsolutePath); + return ret; +} + +static int vmwareStopVM(struct vmware_driver *driver, virDomainObjPtr vm, virDomainShutoffReason reason) @@ -331,6 +390,9 @@ vmwareDomainShutdownFlags(virDomainPtr dom, goto cleanup; } + if (vmwareUpdateVMStatus(driver, vm) < 0) + goto cleanup; + if (virDomainObjGetState(vm, NULL) != VIR_DOMAIN_RUNNING) { vmwareError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s", _("domain is not in running state")); @@ -485,6 +547,8 @@ vmwareDomainReboot(virDomainPtr dom, unsigned int flags) vmwareSetSentinal(cmd, vmw_types[driver->type]); vmwareSetSentinal(cmd, vmxPath); + if (vmwareUpdateVMStatus(driver, vm) < 0) + goto cleanup; if (virDomainObjGetState(vm, NULL) != VIR_DOMAIN_RUNNING) { vmwareError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s", @@ -596,6 +660,9 @@ vmwareDomainCreateWithFlags(virDomainPtr dom, goto cleanup; } + if (vmwareUpdateVMStatus(driver, vm) < 0) + goto cleanup; + if (virDomainObjIsActive(vm)) { vmwareError(VIR_ERR_OPERATION_INVALID, "%s", _("Domain is already running")); @@ -645,6 +712,9 @@ vmwareDomainUndefineFlags(virDomainPtr dom, goto cleanup; } + if (vmwareUpdateVMStatus(driver, vm) < 0) + goto cleanup; + if (virDomainObjIsActive(vm)) { vm->persistent = 0; } else { @@ -874,6 +944,21 @@ vmwareDomainXMLFromNative(virConnectPtr conn, const char *nativeFormat, return xml; } +static void vmwareDomainObjListUpdateDomain(void *payload, const void *name ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, void *data) +{ + struct vmware_driver *driver = data; + virDomainObjPtr vm = payload; + virDomainObjLock(vm); + vmwareUpdateVMStatus(driver, vm); + virDomainObjUnlock(vm); +} + +static void +vmwareDomainObjListUpdateAll(virDomainObjListPtr doms, struct vmware_driver *driver) +{ + virHashForEach(doms->objs, vmwareDomainObjListUpdateDomain, driver); +} + static int vmwareNumDefinedDomains(virConnectPtr conn) { @@ -881,6 +966,7 @@ vmwareNumDefinedDomains(virConnectPtr conn) int n; vmwareDriverLock(driver); + vmwareDomainObjListUpdateAll(&driver->domains, driver); n = virDomainObjListNumOfDomains(&driver->domains, 0); vmwareDriverUnlock(driver); @@ -894,6 +980,7 @@ vmwareNumDomains(virConnectPtr conn) int n; vmwareDriverLock(driver); + vmwareDomainObjListUpdateAll(&driver->domains, driver); n = virDomainObjListNumOfDomains(&driver->domains, 1); vmwareDriverUnlock(driver); @@ -908,6 +995,7 @@ vmwareListDomains(virConnectPtr conn, int *ids, int nids) int n; vmwareDriverLock(driver); + vmwareDomainObjListUpdateAll(&driver->domains, driver); n = virDomainObjListGetActiveIDs(&driver->domains, ids, nids); vmwareDriverUnlock(driver); @@ -922,6 +1010,7 @@ vmwareListDefinedDomains(virConnectPtr conn, int n; vmwareDriverLock(driver); + vmwareDomainObjListUpdateAll(&driver->domains, driver); n = virDomainObjListGetInactiveNames(&driver->domains, names, nnames); vmwareDriverUnlock(driver); return n; @@ -944,6 +1033,9 @@ vmwareDomainGetInfo(virDomainPtr dom, virDomainInfoPtr info) goto cleanup; } + if (vmwareUpdateVMStatus(driver, vm) < 0) + goto cleanup; + info->state = virDomainObjGetState(vm, NULL); info->cpuTime = 0; info->maxMem = vm->def->mem.max_balloon; @@ -979,6 +1071,9 @@ vmwareDomainGetState(virDomainPtr dom, goto cleanup; } + if (vmwareUpdateVMStatus(driver, vm) < 0) + goto cleanup; + *state = virDomainObjGetState(vm, reason); ret = 0; -- 1.7.9.1

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[libvirt] [PATCH] Allow byte[] arrays to be set as a secretValue
by Wido den Hollander 26 Jun '12

26 Jun '12

Signed-off-by: Wido den Hollander <wido(a)widodh.nl> --- src/main/java/org/libvirt/Secret.java | 11 +++++++++++ src/main/java/org/libvirt/jna/Libvirt.java | 1 + 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/main/java/org/libvirt/Secret.java b/src/main/java/org/libvirt/Secret.java index e536cf4..48f7895 100644 --- a/src/main/java/org/libvirt/Secret.java +++ b/src/main/java/org/libvirt/Secret.java @@ -146,6 +146,17 @@ public class Secret { } /** + * Sets the value of the secret + * + * @return 0 on success, -1 on failure. + */ + public int setValue(byte[] value) throws LibvirtException { + int returnValue = libvirt.virSecretSetValue(VSP, value, new NativeLong(value.length), 0); + processError(); + return returnValue; + } + + /** * Undefines, but does not free, the Secret. * * @return 0 on success, -1 on failure. diff --git a/src/main/java/org/libvirt/jna/Libvirt.java b/src/main/java/org/libvirt/jna/Libvirt.java index 2c8c03d..b1e53a2 100644 --- a/src/main/java/org/libvirt/jna/Libvirt.java +++ b/src/main/java/org/libvirt/jna/Libvirt.java @@ -336,6 +336,7 @@ public interface Libvirt extends Library { public SecretPointer virSecretLookupByUUID(ConnectionPointer virConnectPtr, byte[] uuidBytes); public SecretPointer virSecretLookupByUUIDString(ConnectionPointer virConnectPtr, String uuidstr); public int virSecretSetValue(SecretPointer virSecretPtr, String value, NativeLong value_size, int flags); + public int virSecretSetValue(SecretPointer virSecretPtr, byte[] value, NativeLong value_size, int flags); public int virSecretUndefine(SecretPointer virSecretPtr); //Stream Methods -- 1.7.5.4

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[libvirt] Potential deadlock in libvirt lxc driver
by Thomas Hunger 25 Jun '12

25 Jun '12

Hi, I'm running version 0.9.10 on debian [1]. When starting and stopping containers I see deadlocks every so often. I attached a full backtrace (see at the end of the log). This seems to happen in conditions similar to the segfault I wrote about recently. I.e. usually when destroying domains. I'm unsure why but it seems to me that lxcMonitorEvent gets called after a vm has been freed. This happens despite lxcVmCleanup calling "virEventRemoveHandle(priv->monitorWatch);" to remove the handle. best, Tom [1] Linux zap 3.1.0-1-amd64 #1 SMP Tue Jan 10 05:01:58 UTC 2012 x86_64 GNU/Linux

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[libvirt] CPU topology 'sockets' handling guest vs host
by Daniel P. Berrange 08 Jun '12

08 Jun '12

On my x86_64 host I have a pair of Quad core CPUs, each in a separate NUMA node. The virsh capabilities topology data reports this: # virsh capabilities | xmllint --xpath /capabilities/host/cpu - <cpu> <arch>x86_64</arch> <model>Opteron_G3</model> <vendor>AMD</vendor> <topology sockets="1" cores="4" threads="1"/> <feature name="osvw"/> <feature name="3dnowprefetch"/> <feature name="cr8legacy"/> <feature name="extapic"/> <feature name="cmp_legacy"/> <feature name="3dnow"/> <feature name="3dnowext"/> <feature name="pdpe1gb"/> <feature name="fxsr_opt"/> <feature name="mmxext"/> <feature name="ht"/> <feature name="vme"/> </cpu> # virsh capabilities | xmllint --xpath /capabilities/host/topology - <topology> <cells num="2"> <cell id="0"> <cpus num="4"> <cpu id="0"/> <cpu id="1"/> <cpu id="2"/> <cpu id="3"/> </cpus> </cell> <cell id="1"> <cpus num="4"> <cpu id="4"/> <cpu id="5"/> <cpu id="6"/> <cpu id="7"/> </cpus> </cell> </cells> </topology> Note, it is reporting sockets=1, because sockets is the number of sockets *per* NUMA node. Now I try to figure the guest to match the host using: <cpu> <topology sockets='1' cores='4' threads='1'/> <numa> <cell cpus='0-3' memory='512000'/> <cell cpus='4-7' memory='512000'/> </numa> </cpu> And I get: error: Maximum CPUs greater than topology limit So, the XML checker is mistaking 'sockets' as the total number of sockets, rather than the per-node socket count. We need to fix this bogus check Daniel -- |: http://berrange.com -o- http://www.flickr.com/photos/dberrange/ :| |: http://libvirt.org -o- http://virt-manager.org :| |: http://autobuild.org -o- http://search.cpan.org/~danberr/ :| |: http://entangle-photo.org -o- http://live.gnome.org/gtk-vnc :|

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